It's short, don't waste it

Life is short. Get out there and make your dreams come true. Don't wait till tomorrow, because tomorrow doesn't exist.

Without wanting to sound morbid nor sombre, I think that death is a wake up call. Not when it's distanced from us, that we don't witness the day to day consequences that happen after, but the death that's close and in full view.

Some say that when you know that it's coming it eases the pain. When it's sudden and unexpected the pain is intensified. I don't believe there's a difference. The truth is that the person is there one day and gone the next. Each day you think they are going to walk through the door from work or a holiday of sorts. Deep down you know they won't. It doesn't happen. It'll never happen again.

Each day becomes easier but you never forget. You wonder what if. What if something else was said? What if they hadn't done this or that? What if we were around we could have done something? The 'what ifs' come tumbling from every direction but not one will change the fact that the person is gone. When you look into the eyes of the people who were even closer, you see the pain, their question of 'why'?

Life is short don't let it get away.